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Sunday, February 6, 2011

Laundry make-over.. and my sewing nook..

Hi girls, today I thought I'd show you my laundry transformation. It was the worst room in the house and was the dumping ground for all the junk, bits and pieces I couldn't find a place for in the rest of the house. It was soooo bad that I was too embarrassed to take a pic of all the mess! My daily mantra used to be " keep that laundry door closed" to the kids and I would say it alteast 10 times a day!! In saying that though, my laundry is not a bad size and has lots of natural light which I just love. Here are the befores.....

face on..

side window..I attach a pipe from my washing machine to take all the gray water to my garden..

french door leading to front of house on our side verandah, which I never use..

closet door and other door leading into house, there is also a spare loo hiding behind that little wall in there...

I didn't do any major changes, just painted the walls, which needed to be redone with spack filler first and sanded back, which is probably why we left it so long. All the tiling was done by the previous owner. So we didn't bother changing that. Whilst I was painting away, I thought how nice this room would have been as a sewing room. You see I don't have a craft room just for my sewing (not yet anyway). I would normally take my machine out when I needed it each and every time. I would use my dining table or leave it out in the family room, which needless to say can get a bit messy at times.

My gorgeous painting by Tanya.. she sells her lovely work on ebay under the username 'boudoir123'

Any crafter will tell you there is NOTHING worse than having to set up everything, everytime you want to work and then pack it all away again. So in order to have my machine out ready to go for whenever I needed it, I decided to turn half the laundry into my sewing nook.

These white shelves were originally pine so had to paint them too.

My gorgeous print by Gail McCormack, the one on the shelves is hers too!

I wanted to put a table in there but it wouldn't fit because of the dryer. So out came the dryer.. it's an ugly looking thing anyway which I only use when I absolutely have to. So it's sitting in my wardrobe for now till I can sneek it into my hubby's garage.

Remember this shelf I painted up a while ago.. this is where it ended up!

My gorgeous little painting by Natasha Burns

It's not quite finished yet, but again, if I wait till I'm 100% finished with it, I'd never get to show you! Cause I'm NEVER 100% finished with anything..

I no longer have my daily mantra... (not that one anyway)

and I just love being in my laundry.. I practically live in there.. 6 days out of 7! I have so much washing all the time I don't even want to get started on that one..! take care, Maryann xxx

PS.. just want to add on, as a couple of gals have asked what colours I used on the table and chairs. Well the table was actually already green when I bought it.. so all Idid was distress it and for the shelves, it ended up being my own concoction of colours as the original green colour I bought turned out too torquoise so I ended up adding some black, white and a dark green to the mix. Sorry I can't give you a definite colour as I don't think I could replicate it exactly if I wanted to!

30 comments:

OMG Marion!!! i am soooo inlove with your laundry/nook!!! you can seriosuly do over mine anyday... but its tiny LOLok better go so i can scroll up and salavate over your wonderful room again!!!take careVic xxxx

I just found your blog from Cindy's and I'm so glad I did... Love your blog and now follow you. My friend Bonnie is going to die when I tell her to come visit you. your home is just so sweet. come over a visit sometime.

Hello Marion,I love your laundry/sewing room!!! It is so pretty! I love all the pictures you have they are beautiful!!!Thanks for stopping by and leaving me the sweet comment!!Enjoy your new room!Suzann

Oh that is fabulous!!! Well done! I am trawling through laundry and bathroom make-overs as I just got flooded (again, sigh) and it was all a bit sad to start with! Your room is a great inspiration, thank you!!Hugs, Jasmine (on 5 acres in Central Vic).PS you can get a fitting (Bunnings prob) to fit over your outside pipe to divert grey water on to the garden. My washing water goes into the bath and then there is a little ancient electric pump out the window which waters the garden etc.

Hi Marion, Thanks for stopping to visit to my blog, i love new followers:)Im so glad i came over here. Ur laundry room is awesome...I loooooooooove ur style! Im ur newest follower and ile visit often. I too am a pink and shabby lover and ur pics are so inspiring. Til next time.............Bonnie

My friend, your laundry/sewing room is simply divine! Ohhh...what a lovely transformation! Loved getting to see all the "before" and "after" photos of this beautiful room! Thanks for sharing them with us! I'm sooo happy for you...that you were able to add a place for your sewing! You are such a creative and talented lady...you certainly need and deserve a place to work! I love it!!!

About Me

Hi, my name is Maryann (also known as Marion) and I love anything shabby, French or vintage! I love making over vintage lamps and making cushions, quilts and totes which I sell in my ebay store along with new & vintage home decor. I am also in the process of opening a real brick & mortar store which I am very excited about. I live on a 5 acre property in the southern highlands of NSW Australia. I do love my garden and have about 25 different roses. I have 3 wonderful children aged 27, 23 and 18. I am very much a home body and love to decorate my home, which is always a work in progress. Not long ago we added an extension to our home but I am still in the process of redecorating and making over furniture, painting it white for that lovely shabby look and adding a touch of french provincial aswell. Thanks for stopping by... Best Wishes! Maryann